The Brady Act

The Brady Act : Inconsistent but Served a Purpose

The Brady Law which is technically known as The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993 was signed as a law under the presidency of Bill Clinton on November 30 , 1993 . The law requires that whenever someone purchases a gun , he / she should wait up to five days for a background check . As long as the Federal Bureau of Investigation has undergone the background check and for so long as the Federal Firearm License has not been issued , then a person can never obtain or

own a gun (Bowling et al , 2006

At the same time , it also required the gun dealers in each of the state should begin conducting and submitting background check requirements on their prospective buyers to the authorities to aid the process of authenticating that buyer 's capability and reliability in owning a gun (Ludwig and Cook , 2003 . All states should have similar disqualifications for their applicants . These are fugitive status , court restraining s , mental illness , and other violence convictions Because of these , of the 12 million applications that were subjected to background check by the National Bureau of Investigation , there were around 1 .4 million that were rejected . However , there are also several rejections done by State and local agency background checks which were argued to be a little inconsistent to the FBI requirements (Bowling et al , 2006

For instance , most state statutes would require firearm purchasers to have a permit or a license or an identification...